“…The effects of AMF on plant uptake of heavy metals, such as Zn and Cd have been studied extensively in recent years (Joner and Leyval, 1997;Zhu et al, 2001;Chen et al, 2003), and it is generally accepted that under high metal concentrations in the soil, AMF may protect the host plants against metal toxicity (Leyval et al, 2002). The protection may largely be mediated by metal sequestration by Open bars, non-inoculated controls; solid bars, inoculated with G. mosseae.…”